PALY FLEA MARKET ... This month,
the Palo Alto High School Music
Boosters Flea Market takes place
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday,
Sept. 9, in the parking lot at Palo
Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero
Road. Parking is free in the Paly lot.
The flea market usually happens on
the second Saturday of every month,
except when there’s a conflict with
things such as Stanford football home
games. The next flea markets are
scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13, and
Sunday, Nov. 11. Information: 650324-FLEA or palyflea@gmail.com
FALL CLASSES ... The City of Menlo
Park is offering several home-related
classes this fall, including “Cake
Decorating - Level 1 with emphasis on
making roses, leveling a cake, making
icing and learning decorative strokes
such as stars and clowns (Christine
Hopkins, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Mondays,
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Veronica Weber

DIVIDING PERENNIALS ... Mimi
Clarke will offer a class on “Dividing
Garden Perennials” from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8,
at Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside.
Dressed to dig in and work (with
gloves and bottled water), participants
will learn how to divide perennials in
the Filoli garden, then take home a
plant division of their own. Cost is $65
for nonmembers, $50 for members;
price includes all materials. Information: 650-364-8300 or www.filoli.org

Esther
Clark

Park

A neighborhood with
nature at its doorstep

Avi Meyers’ backyard deck, above, overlooks a natural landscape of oak trees and
hills. Homes in the Esther Clark Park neighborhood, including the one on Old Adobe
Road pictured in the inset photo, sit on at least an acre.
by Helen Carefoot

E

sther Clark Park, a 21-acre area of
land surrounded by Old Adobe Road,
Old Trace Road and Manuela Avenue
is a glimpse into Palo Alto’s past.
Expansive Spanish villas and old-style
ranch homes with huge yards (each plot has
a minimum area of 1 acre) adorn hills covered with oak trees. Wild animals such as
deer, jackrabbits and ground squirrels roam
the grounds in between homes. Nestled just
around the park, residents literally have nature at their doorstep.
Though the neighborhood has experienced increased development since Esther
Clark, the founder of the Palo Alto Medical
Clinic and Children’s Health Council, sold
her land, the space retains the characteristic
that makes it so desirable: its natural surroundings.
Marjorie Chauvel, who has lived in her
home on Old Adobe Road since it was built
in 1974, treasures the wildlife that sur-

NEIGHBORHOOD
SNAPSHOT
rounds her.
“My favorite thing about the neighborhood is definitely the wildlife,” she said.
“Deer come onto my property all the time,
right by the house. It’s also a wonderful
neighborhood to take walks in.”
An original resident of the neighborhood
who bought her land from Esther Clark herself, Chauvel fondly remembers the original
days of the neighborhood.
“There used to be this huge area across
the hills that was vacant. My husband and
our neighbor built a platform on that area
and used to hit golf balls into the hills,”
Chauvel shared with a laugh. “It shows you
how remote the place used to be!”
Though development has occurred since
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Esther Clark Park

HOME SALES

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the neighborhood’s early days, the area retains its peaceful atmosphere.
“We enjoy the quiet here,” said Avi Meyers, a resident of the
neighborhood since 1992. “We never hear any traffic here and
the only noises we ever hear are when someone is getting their
yard work done. It’s a very nice place to raise a family.”
Meyers thinks the combination of natural beauty and accessibility the neighborhood provides is a big draw.
“It’s a beautiful area that’s quiet and very rural, very green with
open space and large trees, but still very close to downtown Palo
Alto and Los Altos, as well as Stanford University,” he said. “It’s
a very nice place to raise a family because it’s close to schools,
shopping, everything you could possibly want or need.”
Residents consider the luxury of living in such close proximity to natural space a huge benefit.
“I think it’s very nice to be able to take my young grandkids
for a walk in the park and have them see something besides
manicured lawns and playgrounds,” Meyers said. “We see lots
of wild animals like deer, birds and ground squirrels. I like being able to show them what nature really looks like.” N

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by Jack McKinnon
omen work more and harder than
anybody. They work physically,
emotionally and socially and they
do it simultaneously. No wonder they make
such good gardeners.
This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tips will be for women. But
if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen to qualify, you can read
them too and possibly learn something
about both gardening and women. Here
are the tips:
1. Often it is quite frustrating to be so
fond of flowers and to have to work so hard
to get a few good ones for the table. There
are several ways to increase the number
of flowers in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. Getting somebody
else to buy them for you is less difficult
than growing them. It is important to work
on those that give flowers with subtle and
not-so-subtle hints and not give up. With
time and patience your flower supply will
increase.
2. Plant more species of flowering plants
than you think you will need. This will
seem daunting at first but as you go out
to harvest your bouquets you will thank
me. Variety is not only valuable in having
many colors to choose from but to have
more actual flowers in the different seasons of the year. Remember that different
flowers bloom at different times of the
year. Growing plants that bloom in the fall
as well as the spring and summer secures
those harvest bouquets.
3. If you have a small garden, use other
peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. This is actually quite easy. By
giving plants as presents for all the occasions of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and then offering to

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help with the care
of these plants, you
increase your gardening property
exponentially. This
also saves on your
water bill, because
your friends have to
water the plants and
all you have to do is
to go over and fertilize, cultivate and
prune (giving you flowers) on a regular
maintenance schedule. What a great gift
for a friend and yourself.
4. Grow a variety of texture and filler
plants. These make for wonderful arrangement material. Some good examples are
ferns, oak leaf hydrangeas, ornamental
grasses and pretty much anything with
variegated foliage.
5. Invite friends to garden with you.
This takes care of three important parts
of every womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life: getting help doing
all the work, socializing and having someone to talk to about how you are feeling.
Sometimes this works best with a gardening partner and other times with a garden
club. Of course if you are hosting a guest
to your garden it is really nice to have iced
tea, small sandwiches and a fruit salad to
share when you are finished.
6. Getting men to listen (and hear) what
your needs are in the garden is really important. We all need help sometimes and
asking for help (I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t climb trees anymore) is humbling but important. Bribery
works well for friends. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call it bribery

though (it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work as well); call it a
trade. One example is minestrone soup. I
had a friend that would give me a quart of
minestrone soup once every third or fourth
visit to her garden. I would do anything
for her.
7. Growing flowers for an event or special occasion is really fun and clearly
shows how intelligent you are even though
we know that already. One good example
was provided a close friend who would
gather flowers for drying each season, tie
them into bundles and hang them from the
ceiling in the downstairs room. Whenever
she needed a bouquet for a party or as a
gift it was simple to go downstairs with a
pair of pruning shears and some ribbon.
8. Show imagination as well as hard
work in your gardening. Learn some design skills. Most of the landscape designers and architects I know are women. This
can be done in your spare time (if you have
any) and will show your artistic flair off
to the world.
9. Just as you spend time in front of the
mirror in the morning, have a walk through
your garden once a day. It will serve the
same purpose by providing self care, detail, style and a feminine touch you will
appreciate.
10. Give yourself time to visit gardens,
garden tours, shows and nurseries with a
good friend. There is nothing better than
walking through someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden
and enjoying the show. There are always
new things to see, ideas to steal (I mean
borrow) and of course there is always lunch
after and plenty to talk about.
Good gardening. N
Garden coach Jack McKinnon can be
reached at 650-455-0687 (cell), by email
at jack.mckinnon.hmb@gmail.com. Visit
his website at www.jackthegardencoach.
com.

Home Front

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Sept. 10 to Oct. 1; cost is $85 for nonresidents, $64 for residents); Ikebana, Japanese
flower arrangements for all levels (Kika Shibata, 1
to 3 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept. 11 to Dec. 11; cost
is $139 for nonresidents, $100 for residents, plus
$95 materials fee payable to instructor on first day
of class); and Beginning Sewing, which covers
selecting and reading a pattern as well as basic
sewing skills (Christine Hopkins, 6:30 to 8:30
p.m., Thursdays, Sept. 13 to Oct. 4; cost is $85
for nonresidents, $64 for residents, plus $5 materials fee payable to instructor. Rental machines
available during class for $20). Classes are held at
the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma
St. and 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. Information:
Noreen Bickel, nsbickel@menlopark.org, or 650330-2209
ART & WINE ... Mountain Viewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 41st annual
Art & Wine Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8 and 9, on
Castro Street between El Camino real and Evelyn
Avenue. More than 600 artists and craftmakers
showcase work in glass, ceramics, metal and
more, plus food and drink, live music, home and
garden exhibits and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities. Admission is
free. Information: 650-968-8378 or www.miramarevents.com/mountainview
MAKE CHALLAH ... Esther Nio of Estherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s German Bakery will teach a class in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Challah Bakingâ&#x20AC;?
from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the
catering kitchen of the Oshman Family Jewish
Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto.
Cost is $25 for nonmembers, $20 for members.
Advanced registration is required. Information:
Elisheva Salamo at 650-223-8618 or esalamo@
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interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home
Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA
94302, or email cblitzer@paweekly.com. Deadline is one
week before publication.

Real Estate Matters
The truth about
non-contingent offers
by Michael Repka
ilicon Valley real estate buyers
often face a quagmire: Should
they take the risk of submitting
an offer that is not contingent upon obtaining financing approval or a property inspection, or take the risk of losing the house because their offer is not
competitive with the other buyers in a
multiple-offer situation?
While many real estate agents are
quick to speak in absolutes on this issue, either believing that a competitive
offer always has to be non-contingent
or a well-advised buyer should never
take on that much risk, the correct answer is a resounding “it depends.” The
key is managing the risk and analyzing
the situation.

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Analyzing the transaction
It goes without saying that sellers
like “clean” offers and will gravitate towards offers with fewer contingencies
or “outs” between the offer date and
the closing. However, the true cost to a
seller of accepting a contingent offer is
directly tied to the cost associated with
a buyer backing out of a transaction. In
multiple-offer situations the real cost is
often quite high because a failed transaction will result in the property coming back on the market after the ex-

citement and
competition has
subsided.
However, the
opportunity costs
may be much
lower if there is
one offer on the
table. Therefore,
it is inherently logical and economically rational for a seller to demand a
higher premium for a contingent offer
when other offers are on the table.
While consideration of the number
of offers in play is a good start, the
analysis should not stop there. A prospective buyer should consider their
intended use and personal circumstances. For example, the amount of
protection from a property-inspection
contingency would be significantly less
to a buyer that intends on razing the
current structure to build their dream
home when compared to the protection afforded to a buyer that thinks the
home is in move-in condition.
Also, buyers should carefully review
disclosures and inspection reports in
search of “red flags.” Significant items
such as foundation cracks or settling,
disclosed or noted water damage or a
musty smell should dissuade buyers
from assuming extra risk.

Utilizing superior information
The party with access to superior information is often in a better position
to handicap risk. For example, when a
buyer submits an offer that is contingent
upon obtaining financing, the buyer is
inviting the seller to speculate into the
buyer’s ability to perform. Even with a
pre-approval letter, the seller runs the
risk of having to bring the property
back onto the market weeks after the
initial excitement has died down. Naturally, the seller will have a cautious
level of skepticism.
If the buyer has the strong credit,
good income and sufficient reserves
required by the bank, he may be paying
a hefty premium in terms of increased
purchase price to compensate the
seller for an assumed level of risk that
is overstated. Thus, this strong buyer
may be better off assuming the risk of
submitting an offer without a financing
contingency rather than increase the
purchase price to induce the seller to
accept a risk that they may overstate.
What will the purchaser do during
the inspection period?
Occasionally, a buyer will submit an
offer with a property-inspection contingency yet they have no interest in
paying $400 to $500 or more for an additional inspection. This buyer should
consider the wisdom of weakening the
offer when no additional reports are
forthcoming.
Additionally, the well-advised buyer
will consider the reputation and financial strength of the original inspector. If

the original inspector is reputable and
satisfied the standard of care imposed
on home inspectors under California
Business & Professions Code Sec.
7196, then it is unlikely that another
inspector will find material defects
missed by the first inspector. If the
original inspector missed something
that would be uncovered by a reasonably competent inspector then the buyer may have a cause of action against
the original inspector.
Alternatives to contingent offers
Before submitting a contingent offer the buyer should consider whether
there are less objectionable alternatives.
If the buyer is concerned about the cost
to repair the roof then they may want
to ask the seller if the buyer can get an
estimate before submitting the offer. If
the buyer needs to sell another property
to purchase the target property then
they may want to consider whether an
option to purchase the home would be
a better way to go.
In the end, the real question isn’t
whether a buyer should or shouldn’t
submit non-contingent offers. Rather,
the real question is: When is the risk
justified in light of the potential benefit
to the buyer? N
Michael Repka, managing broker
and general counsel for DeLeon Realty, Palo Alto, formerly practiced
real estate and tax law in Palo Alto.
He serves on the Board of Directors of the California Association
of Realtors. He can be reached at
MichaelR@DeLeonRealty.com.

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More sellers are relying on real estate
agents to sell their homes, rather than
selling their own properties. HomeGain
surveyed 400 homeowners this summer,
asking them whether they used a real
estate agent to sell their home, or whether
they attempted to sell it themselves â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 79
percent said they used an agent, while 21
percent said they tried to sell their home
on their own.
About 66 percent of homeowners who
used the services of an agent
sold their home, while only
30 percent of those who
attempted to sell their own
properties were successful.
Additionally, 22 percent
of those who attempted to
list properties on their own
eventually sought the help of
an agent.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The selling process can be
overwhelming. Homeowners are often
surprised at the amount of paperwork
and preparation involved in selling a
home,â&#x20AC;? says Suzanne Yost, president
of the Silicon Valley Association of
REALTORSÂŽ. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A REALTORÂŽ can
give you up-to-date information on the
marketplace, price your property right,
market your property to other agents and
the public, and can guide you through the
closing process so the transaction ďŹ&#x201A;ows
smoothly.â&#x20AC;?
According to the National Association
of REALTORSÂŽ, from 1991 to 2011 the
share of home sellers who used an agent
or broker to sell their home increased from

77 percent to 87 percent. The typical
FSBO (For Sale By Owner) home sold for
$150,000, compared to $215,000 among
agent-assisted home sales.
Here are reasons why sellers utilize the
services of an agent:
s (ELP PRICE THE HOME COMPETITIVELY
s (ELP MARKET THEIR HOME TO POTENTIAL
buyers
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home and sell it for more
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buyers
s (ELP WITH PAPERWORK
inspections, preparing for
closing
Yost reminds consumers
not all real estate licensees
are the same. Only licensees
who are members of NAR are properly
called REALTORSÂŽ and can display
the REALTOR â&#x20AC;&#x153;ÂŽâ&#x20AC;? logo on the business
card or other marketing literature.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;REALTORSÂŽ are committed to treat all
parties to a transaction honestly because
they subscribe to a strict code of ethics
AND ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A HIGHER
level of knowledge of the process of
buying and selling real estate. In addition
TO BRINGING EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE TO
the table, a REALTORÂŽ brings honesty
and trustworthiness to a transaction,â&#x20AC;?
says Yost.
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